John Micklewright (born 20 June 1957) is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Social Statistics at UCL Social Research Institute,

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

Career

Micklewright studied at the

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(BA in Geography and Economics with First Class Honours) and then completed a PhD in Economics at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. He did post-doctoral work as a Prize Research Fellow at

Nuffield College, Oxford Nuffield College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college and specialises in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Nuffield is one of Oxford's newer co ...

. Before joining UCL, he was Professor of Social Statistics in the School of Social Sciences at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, head of research in the

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to c ...

, Professor of Economics at the

European University Institute The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute and an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established by the member states to contribu ...

in Florence, and Lecturer, Reader and then Professor of Economics at

Queen Mary, University of London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

. He is the editor, together wit
Andrea Brandolini
(Banca d'Italia), of Tony Atkinson's last book, published posthumously in 2019,
Measuring Poverty around the World
', Princeton University Press. In 2015, he walked across France, from Normandy to the Alps, a journey described in a blog at the time �
The Long March
�� and subsequently in a book
''The Opening Country: A Walk through France''
Matador, 2021.

Areas

His research focuses on: # poverty, inequality and the measurement of living standards # labour market flows and behaviour # educational achievement and segregation in schools # charitable giving, especially for development. # survey methods At UNICEF Micklewright compared living standards of children in both OECD members and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR. He was one of the team that started th
Innocenti Report Card
series on child wellbeing in the OECD.

Professional activities

He is a Research Fellow of the

Institute for the Study of Labor The IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (german: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), until 2016 referred to as the Institute of the Study of Labor (IZA), is a private, independent economic research institute and academic network focused o ...

(IZA), (Bonn).

Publications

Micklewright's publications include the following books, as well as many journal articles: * ''Unemployment Benefit and Unemployment Duration'', STICERD Occasional Paper 6, LSE, 1985 (with A.B. Atkinson) * ''Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income'', Cambridge University Press, 1992 (with A.B. Atkinson) * ''Household Welfare in Central Asia, Macmillan'', 1997 (edited with J. Falkingham, J. Klugman and S. Marnie) * ''The Welfare of Europe’s Children: Are EU Member States Converging?'' The Policy Press, 2000 (with K. Stewart) * ''The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries'', Cambridge University Press, 2001 (edited with B. Bradbury and S. Jenkins) * ''Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined'', Oxford University Press, 2007 (edited with S. Jenkins) * ''The Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income'', Oxford University Press, 2012 (edited with S. Jenkins, A. Brandolini and B. Nolan) * ''Family Background and University Success'', Oxford University Press, 2016 (with C. Crawford, L. Dearden and A. Vignoles) *''The Opening Country: A Walk through France'', Matador, 2021

References

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